State of Florida's plan to replace jobs formerly worked by undocumented people as deportation is pursued. Loosen #childlabor laws and fill those jobs with kids. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html
Many Republicans do not agree with loosening child labor laws including state senators from #Miami and #Sarasota. Call your senator today and let’s end this nonsense.
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article302920599.html
Forced labor involving public sector employees and children persists during Turkmenistan's 2024 cotton harvest, despite a government ban, risking international sanctions https://timesca.com/forced-and-child-labor-persist-in-turkmen-cotton-harvest-un-experts-say/ #Turkmenistan #CottonHarvest #HumanRights #ForcedLabor #ChildLabor
@timo21 @GottaLaff
We'll find out from #Florida, since they're leading the way on reestablishing #ChildLabor as a source of low-cost workers.
"As Florida officials enable Trump’s mass deportation policies, lawmakers in the state are looking to children to take on some of the jobs that have typically been done by immigrants.
Making its way through the state Senate is a new law, Senate Bill 918, that aims to loosen child labor laws and allow teenagers to work overnight shifts."
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275
“Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage”
#ChildLabor #Fascism #Hate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Isn't this the state that was so concerned for children's welfare that they banned drag queens from reading to them?Guess we don't care about the children when it doesn't meet an agenda.
#guesswho #childlabor #florida
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage.
My Grandfather, Harvey, was sent into the mines at age eight. I only knew him as a bedridden invalid, and he died when I was in fourth grade of Black Lung Disease. Child Labor is wrong. #childlabor #florida #politics #labor #humanrights #civilrights #childhoodtrauma
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
A sign of things to come
Florida Senate panel advances bill to further roll back child labor restrictions, potentially allowing 14-year-olds to work longer hours(night shifts too). Critics fear exploitation, while supporters cite parental rights. Full details here: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-senate-panel-advances-bill-to-further-roll-back-child-labor-restrictions/ #ChildLabor #FloridaPolitics #SB918 #newz
Ummm... #Florida considers easing #ChildLabor laws after pushing out #immigrants
A new law under consideration in the state Legislature would roll back child labor laws to make up for a dwindling labor pool.
By Ja'han Jones, March 27, 2025
Excerpt: "Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis backs the law and has defended the idea of teenagers and college students working these jobs. DeSantis also explicitly linked the effort to the loss of immigrant labor. Speaking about the consequences of state verification laws at an event with border czar #TomHoman, the governor said, 'Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?'
"In recent years, several states — many of them led by #Republican governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, #Arkansas Gov. #SarahHuckabeeSanders signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents. One month earlier, The New York Times published a bombshell report about the #exploitation of immigrant children in #factories operated by some of the most well-known companies in the U.S.
"That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the fallout from the conservative movement’s demonization of immigrants. They’re essentially using child labor to paper over the gaps left by their draconian immigration policies.
"#Project2025, the far-right playbook for Trump’s second term, specifically calls for rolling back 'hazard' regulations around child labor. The text claims, 'Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs' and argues that 'with parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations.'
"Even as child labor laws are being rolled back, the Trump administration is working to gut #SocialServices, including funds that help provide #SchoolLunches to children and programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program [#SNAP], that help feed poor families. And if those cuts stay in place, they may leave American families with few alternatives to sending their children to work to keep food on the table."
Full article:
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275
#SB918 #FloridaPol #USPol #Scrooge #ICERaids #ChildLabor #HungerGames
Ron DeSantis wants to steal your childrens' youth!
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
DeSantis, who leads the nation in immigration enforcement lies, found a way to fill the essential jobs of immigrant WKRs targeted for deportation.
The bill progressed this week thru the R-dominated st senate seeks to remove numerous existing protections for teenage workers, & allow them to be the cheap labor. Children, as young as 14, could soon be allowed to work overnight shifts w/o a break. It may become the law in FL.
#ChildLabor #Deportaitions #Immigrants #USPol https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
What's better than immigrant employees who you can underpay, abuse and threaten to report to ICE if they try to organize?
That's right, Children!
Their tiny fingers and hands are ideal for unclogging gears and conveyor belts. Their youthful exuberance, energy, and sense of invincibility are easily exploitable to get the risky work you need done! Incentivize them with vape pens and pizza parties. Pay them a fraction of what you'd pay adults. And if they organize? Just fire them all and replace them with their younger siblings.
Florida Destroys Child Labor Laws for children over 14 years old
State of the Union:
Bangladesh has probably better workplace safety protections than the USA now.
Hope that eggs go down great.
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor #USimmigration #RonDeSantis #Republicans #Childlabor #USpolitics #Florida #USnews